(Still) No DVD Player After SP2 Install

[Guest]

Have uninstalled and re-installed; have downloded drivers (Windows wants to
install older drivers than manufacturer). I believe all possible
combinations and permutations have been attempted. Still get "Current
Display Mode Not Suitable for DVD Video" on Ravisent player screen. Need
additional advice, please. [Codec issue??] All I know: It all worked with
XP BEFORE SP2!!!!

Prior thread below...
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Been there; done that. Again, worked after updating everything after XP
installed. Approx. 10 days later, SP2 installed. Now broke<sic>! Tnx for
feedback. More suggestions, please.

Get updated graphics card drivers!
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

Recently upgraded to XP Pro. Broke several items including DVD player for
old Cinemaster C-3.0 DVD card and SBLive! and Creative Disk Detector. Got
everything working via updates to viewer and drivers. Installed SP2. DVD
player (v1.9 from Cifelli site) displays "Current Display Mode Not
Suitable
for DVD Video" [blank screen in Media Player v9--and now v10, too!]. I
have
tried all possible settings with no difference in error message. Why
would
SP2 make any difference? Did it overwrite a driver during "driver
update?"
Advice greatly appreciated. [Dell Dimension XPS T500/Diamond Viper 770
(Nvidia TNT2)/SoundBlasterLive!/Cinemaster C-3.0 Decoder card/Toshiba
DVDdrive]
Again, Had everything working with XP before SP2!

 

[William R. Walsh]

Hi!

What does turning your display resolution and color depth down do? Try them
both. You might find one (or both) works.

I had an nVidia 16MB card that complained in a similar way with high
resolutions and high color depths while trying to play a DVD with any
player. I found that backing it off just one color depth level (16 bit, as
opposed to 24 bit color) solved the problem entirely.

Quick, easy, worth a try. I have no idea why it would have suddenly quit
working. (That's why I don't run XP in any sort of production environment.)

William